Derek Jacobi

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Derek Jacobi in 2006

Sir Derek George Jacobi , CBE , (born October 22, 1938 in Leytonstone , London , England ) is a British actor .

Live and act

Derek Jacobi is the only child of Daisy Gertrude, née Masters and Alfred George Jacobi, who ran a candy store and worked as a tobacconist in Chingford . His great-grandfather immigrated from Germany to England in the 19th century.

Jacobi was born in Leytonstone in east London and studied at Cambridge University for some time before discovering his passion for acting. After the role of Edward II in Cambridge, Jacobi joined the Birmingham Repertory Theater immediately after graduating in 1960 . Laurence Olivier was impressed by his skills and cast him as Cassio in his 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello . The real breakthrough came in 1976 with I, Claudius (German title: Ich, Claudius, Kaiser und Gott ) , a widely acclaimed television adaptation of the bestseller by the author Robert Graves . In 1994 he was named a Knight Bachelor for his long service to British theater .

Derek Jacobi (left), Warren Adler (center), in Pollsmoor prison, South Africa, during the filming of the film Jail Caesar (2007)

Jacobi appeared in many Shakespeare productions, including several film adaptations of Hamlet . He became known to a broad television audience in 1994 through the role of "Brother Cadfael" in the film adaptations of the historical crime novels by Ellis Peters . In 1995 Jacobi became artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theater together with Duncan Weldon and played there for the first time the role of Uncle Vanya in the drama by Anton Chekhov . In Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) he played the Senator Gracchus . After an Emmy as a supporting actor in 1989, Jacobi played in his first guest role on American television in 2001 in an episode of the television series Frasier, the worst Shakespeare actor in the world. That promptly earned him another Emmy award. In early 2006, Jacobi was in Len Wiseman's Underworld: Evolution as Alexander Corvinus , the forefather of all vampires and werewolves.

In the BBC - Webcast Doctor Who : Scream of the Shalka Derek Jacobi was when the Master heard. In 2007 he played the master in the television series Doctor Who , episode Utopia .

Personal

Derek Jacobi has lived with his partner Richard Clifford, who is also an actor, since 1977. In 2006 the two entered into a registered partnership . They live in Primrose Hill , London .

Filmography (selection)

honors and awards

  • 1989: Knight 1st class of the Dannebrog Order
  • 1994: Knight Bachelor : for Services to Drama (New Year's Honors)
  • 2008: Lifetime Achievement at the 24th Annual Helen Hayes Awards

theatre

  • 1983: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for Much Ado About Nothing
  • 1984: Tony Award for Best Actor for Much Ado About Nothing
  • 2009: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Twelfth Night

watch TV

  • 1977: BAFTA Award for Best Actor for Ich, Claudius, Kaiser and Gott
  • 1989: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for The Tenth Man
  • 2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (episode The Show Must Go Off )

Movie

  • 1988: Evening Standard British Film Award for best actor in Little Dorrit
  • 1998: Edinburgh International Film Festival for Best British Actor for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
  • 1999: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nigel Farndale: "Derek Jacobi: 'I don't mind people having faith. But it ain't for me'" . The Daily Telegraph (July 2, 2012), accessed January 15, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Jacobi, Derek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacobi, Derek George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Leytonstone , London, England, United Kingdom